The Turtle Gallery exhibit opens Sept. 3 and includes paintings, drawings and collages.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Taylor Swift’s dark new song delivers burn to Kanye West. Take a listen.
The defiant ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ includes an apparent diss toward Kanye West, and features elements of pop, dance and house music.
Rosa Parks’ house may be returned to U.S. from Germany
Slated for demolition, the house was taken apart and moved to Berlin in 2016.
For Krispy Kreme fans in Maine, the long wait will end soon
The state’s first Krispy Kreme shop is scheduled to light up its hot sign on Sept.19.
Blue Angels draw crowds – even for practice – ahead of Saturday’s air show
The Great State of Maine Air Show will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
‘Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah nominated for Thurber Prize
Previous winners include Noah’s predecessor Jon Stewart.
Surveys map life’s happiness curve. So when is rock bottom?
About 1.3 million people in 51 countries consistently chart life satisfaction the same way: It tanks after early 20s, but swings back with old age.
A world without a lobster emoji? Maine restaurateur is on a quest to fix that
The owner of Luke’s Lobster starts an online petition to impress upon the world emoji committee that thousands believe lobster deserves to be alongside other emojis like octopus, squid, spouting whale and blowfish.
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘This Is How It Begins’ and ‘Shiver Hitch’
A timely debut novel from Joan Dempsey and the third book in Linda Greenlaw’s mystery series
Powerball prize of $700 million a sure bet to lure ‘jackpot chasers’
And the odds of becoming an instant millionaire are about 1 in 292 million, thanks to modest changes in 2015.